Safety-pin.



L. PISHELL.

SAFETY PIN.

APPLICATION FILED APR.12,1912,

1,054,683, Patented Mar.4, 1913. I

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LYMAN Fishnet, or Aneunun'rr, Iowa.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 12 1912. SerialNo. 690,408

Be it known that IQLYMAK FISHELL, a

citizen of the United. States, residing at. Alburnett, in the county ofLinn and State of-Iowa, have Invented certain new and usefulImprovements in SafetyePin's, of which the following is a specification,reference be-' ing had to the accompanyingdrawings;

' This'invention relates tone; and useful improvement to safety-pins andmore part1cularlytothat class of safety-pins which are made from asingle length of wire, the

object of the invention being to provide a pin of this character whichwill possess advantages in points of eiiicienc and durabil ity,- isinexpensive of manu acture and at the same" time is simple inconstruction and operation.

' Another object of the invention is'to pro-' vide a safety-pin of theabove character wherein thetinspring protector, which is. in use uponthe safety-pin at the present time, is entirely eliminated.

lViththe above and other objectsin View, the invention consists in thenovel features of construction and the combination and arrangement of,described, pointed out' in the claim and shown in the accompanyingdrawings in which, H

Figure l is aperspective view of a safetypin constructed in accordancewith my inventiou and, Fig. 2 is an end elevation.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a single length of wire ofsuitable size and length which is pointed at one end as shbwn at 1 toform the pin portion 2. The intermediate portion of the wire is bent toform the loops 3 and 4 which extend in opposite directions and formthespring 5, said loops being tapered and arranged in parallel relation.The wire is then arranged parallel with the pin portion 2 to theopposite end, it is then' bent at right angles out beyond partshereinafter more fully inward zit-6, t'hen'outWa-rd, and then at rightangles to' the pin to form the hook or seat],

the extreme end of said wire being then bent at right angles tothe'h'ook7 and runs directly. across to the opposite side and bent o around-overand closed uponthe opposite side as shown at 8 to make a firm connectiontherewith.

- I am aware that it is not new to coil the intermediate portion andform a circular spring which in time loses its strength, but. by bendingthe wire at its intermediate pertion to form oppositely disposed loopsas I have done, the spring will be much stronger than thecommon springformed by coiling the wire.

.While I have shown and described the preferred form of my invent-ion itwill be obvious that various changes in the. details of construction andin the proportions may 66 be resorted to for successfully carrying my'invention into practice without sacrificing I any of the novel featuresor departing from the scope thereof.

' What I claim'is:- p

A safety pincomprising asingle length of wire bent to form spacedparallel portions, a point formed at one end to provide a pin portion,and an engaging hook formed at the other end of the Wire to be engagedby the pointed end of the wire, the intermediate portion ofsaicl wirebeing bent to form parallel tapered loops. located at the ends of theparallel portions opposite the point and hook and extending in oppositedirections, the wider ends of the loops being adjacent the respectiveparallel portions.

i In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix'my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses. v LYMAN FISHELL.

Witnesses:

' J. H. HIE-airmen,

' A. B. OLsoN.

I Patented Maeaieie,

the end of the pin, thence returning is bent 4'5

